Thanks, yes, they did like them. It's funny that you mention professional and confident, in this case that almost could not be further from the truth. I was shooting in a parkade and had to set my ISO to 1600 to get a properly exposed shot. When I got home, I found that all the shots were underexposed (the LCD was deceiving), and when I adjusted the levels, it was way too grainy. This is when I had to get creative. I'm kinda glad they didn't turn out at first, though, because it pushed me to try some new things. I was really happy with how everything turned out in the end. #1248776

Thanks Kerby and Michael, I was hoping I'd win but I had made it in as a finalist twice before and I didn't want to get my hopes up. I'm super stoked about this. I just got home after going out after work and figured I'd check my emails, it's like 3:30am and I'm half asleep so when I saw that I got 2nd place it took a little while to sink in.

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